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Bahrain suspends air traffic temporarily amid regional tensions

Date: 2025-06-23 18:32:44 GMT - Bahrain - Middle East - SN:70 - ID:11230533

MANAMA, June 23 (MENA) - Bahrain’s Civil Aviation Affairs at the Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications has announced the temporary suspension of air traffic in the Kingdom’s airspace as a precautionary measure in light of recent regional ....

UN: ME urgently needs diplomatic solutions to contain escalation

Date: 2025-06-23 18:19:16 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:11230393

NEW YORK, June 23 (MENA) - The Middle East is in urgent need of diplomatic solutions to de-escalate rising tensions, particularly following the recent escalation between Iran and the United States, the spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, ....

Iran pounds US military base in Qatar in retaliatory operation

Date: 2025-06-23 17:22:53 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:11230476

TEHRAN, June 23 (MENA) - Iranian armed forces have launched a missile barrage at American military bases in Qatar in a retaliatory operation a day after Iranian nuclear sites were targeted by US bombers, Press TV reported. In a statement ....

5 civilians killed, dozens injured in Israeli gunfire on humanitarian aid seekers in Gaza

Date: 2025-06-23 17:07:27 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:11230363

GAZA CITY, June 23 (MENA) - Five civilians were killed and several others injured on Monday after Israeli forces opened fire on gatherings of civilians waiting to receive humanitarian aid near Bianco Resort west of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza ....

Iran: at least 60 women, children killed, 220 injured since Israeli aggression started

Date: 2025-06-23 16:45:54 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:11230284

TEHRAN, June 23 (MENA) - Nearly 60 women and children have been killed and more than 220 others injured across Iran since the beginning of the Israeli assault on Iran, Iranian government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani said Monday. Israel has ....

Gaza death toll surges to 55,998, with 131,559 injuries

Date: 2025-06-23 14:49:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:11230018

GAZA CITY, June 23 (MENA) - The Palestinian Health Ministry on Monday announced that the death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 55,998, the majority of whom are children and women, since the start of the Israeli aggression on October 7, ....

Extraregional forces being drawn into conflict in Middle East, says Putin

Date: 2025-06-23 14:48:33 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:45 - ID:11230094

MOSCOW, June 23 (MENA) - Extraregional forces have started being drawn into the conflict in the Middle East, Russian President Vladimir Putin said, as quoted by TASS news agency. "The present international situation is changing fast. We see how ....

IAEA chief: Middle East developments risk undermining global nuclear non-proliferation regime

Date: 2025-06-23 14:47:46 GMT - Austria - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:11230032

VIENNA, June 23 (MENA) - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi on Monday said that the serious conflict, involving three IAEA Member States, during which Iran’s nuclear sites are coming under attack risks ....

4 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrike on displaced persons' tents in southern Gaza

Date: 2025-06-23 14:47:24 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:42 - ID:11230092

RAMALLAH, June 23 (MENA) - Four Palestinians were martyred and several others injured on Monday in an Israeli airstrike on Khan Younis in southern Gaza, according to the Palestinian news agency (WAFA). WAFA reported that Israeli warplanes bombed ....

Israeli military strikes roads leading to Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility

Date: 2025-06-23 14:47:16 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:11230097

RAMALLAH, June 23 (MENA) - The Israeli military announced on Monday that it had launched strikes targeting roads leading to Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility, to disrupt access to the site, according to Ynet. Fordow is one of three Iranian nuclear ....